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Key Hezbollah leader, commanders killed in strike on Lebanon, Israel says

Ibrahim Aqil, the leader, was planning an attack on Israel, the IDF said.
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People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.
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Israel says its airstrike on Beirut killed senior Hezbollah official Ibrahim Akil; Hezbollah has not confirmed this

Israel says its airstrike on Beirut killed senior Hezbollah official Ibrahim Akil; Hezbollah has not confirmed this
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In Rafah, an eerie hellscape with tunnels under kids' bedrooms: Reporter’s notebook

The Israel Defense Forces invited ABC News into Gaza to see Hamas' tunnels.
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Israeli soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel where the military says six Israeli hostages were recently killed by Hamas militants, in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
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'We have the support of the people,' Venezuela opposition leader says

BC News’ Diane Macedo speaks with Maria Corina Machado about Venezuela’s ongoing fight for democracy and President-elect Edmundo Gonzalez’s exile.
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VIDEO: 'We have the support of the people,' Venezuela opposition leader says
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Lebanon's Health Ministry reports at least 8 killed, 59 wounded in Israeli strike on Beirut

Lebanon's Health Ministry reports at least 8 killed, 59 wounded in Israeli strike on Beirut
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Israeli official says senior Hezbollah military official Ibrahim Akil was targeted in Israel's strike on Beirut

Israeli official says senior Hezbollah military official Ibrahim Akil was targeted in Israel's strike on Beirut
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Pakistan suspends policemen applauded by locals for killing a blasphemy suspect

Pakistani authorities have suspended policemen who opened fire and killed a blasphemy suspect earlier this week, only to be applauded and showered with rose petals by local residents after the killing
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This is a locator map for Pakistan with its capital, Islamabad, and the Kashmir region. (AP Photo)
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Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release

Japan and China said Friday they have reached a deal toward resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea and Beijing’s ban on Japanese seafood
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This photo shows the Unit 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
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Israel carries out 'targeted strike' in Beirut: IDF says

ABC News' Marcus Moore and former CIA field operative Darrell Blocker on the significance of the latest military actions playing out in southern Lebanon.
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VIDEO: Israel carries out 'targeted strike' in Beirut: IDF says
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe is discharged from hospital after a fall

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, who stunned her country by abdicating earlier this year, has been discharged from a hospital after a fall earlier this week
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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Militants in Pakistan kill 9 troops in separate attacks in the northwest

Pakistani security officials say nine troops have died in separate militant attacks
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Late billionaire accused of raping 5 women

Mohamed Al-Fayed, whose business interests included the luxury department store Harrods, died last year at age 94.
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VIDEO: Late billionaire accused of raping 5 women
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Bloody drug cartel eruption in Sinaloa

ABC News’ Matt Rivers on the escalation in violence, which some fear could spread to the U.S.
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VIDEO: Bloody drug cartel eruption in Sinaloa
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Iran condemns a Taliban delegate's failure to stand for the Iranian national anthem

Iran has expressed its deep displeasure over a Taliban delegate’s failure to stand during the Iranian national anthem at an event in Tehran
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Czechs vote in Senate and regional elections in the aftermath of massive flooding

Czechs are voting in a two-day vote for a third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections
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Firefighters set up an improvised polling station for a two-day vote for one-third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections, in Široká Niva, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Jaroslav Ozana/CTK via AP)
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2 Russians set record for longest single stay on the International Space Station

Russia’s space agency says two Russians have set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station
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In this undated photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are shown aboard the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. They set the record for the longest continuous presence on the ISS, more than 370 days. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)
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Lebanon's Health Ministry says at least 3 killed, 17 wounded in Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs

Lebanon's Health Ministry says at least 3 killed, 17 wounded in Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs
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Woman whose firm was linked to the exploding pagers is under Hungarian protection, her mother says

The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter is under the protection of the Hungarian secret services
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A imagem mostra um cartaz com os nomes de várias empresas na porta de uma casa onde estaria a sede da empresa húngara que supostamente teria fabricado os pagers que explodiram no Líbano e na Síria, em Budapeste, quarta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2024. (Foto AP/Denes Erdos)
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Israel says it has carried out targeted strike in Beirut, explosions heard in southern suburb

Israel says it has carried out targeted strike in Beirut, explosions heard in southern suburb
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September 20

Mayor of French town apologizes for his comments downplaying mass rape case

The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there for almost a decade has apologized for comments that appeared to downplay the case
September 20
FILE - Gisele Pelicot speaks to media as she leaves the Avignon court house, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
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Philippine senator says China should do more to help fight cybercrime gangs

China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced labor, a Philippine senator who led an investigation into the centers said Friday
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Filipino Sen. Risa Hontiveros, center, who has led an investigation into the massive online gambling and scam operations in the Philippines, speaks at a news briefing in Manila, Philippines, Friday Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)
September 20

Ukraine bans Telegram messenger app on state-issued devices because of Russian security threat

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices
September 20
FILE - The logo for the Telegram messaging app is seen on a notebook screen in Munich, Germany, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
September 20

Australian judge rules that a case against alleged Russian spies must be finalized by December

An Australian judge has given prosecutors until December to finalize their case alleging that an army private and her husband are Russian spies
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Israel's military says its strike on Beirut killed senior Hezbollah official Ibrahim Akil

The Israeli military says its airstrike on a neighborhood of Beirut killed Ibrahim Akil, a senior Hezbollah military official
September 20
A woman checks the scene of a missile strike from her damaged house in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 20

Hezbollah launches 140 missiles into northern Israel in 3 strikes, damage not immediately known

Hezbollah launches 140 missiles into northern Israel in 3 strikes, damage not immediately known
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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah rockets land in northern Israel

An Israeli airstrike in Beirut has killed at least nine people and wounded nearly 60 others, according to Lebanese health officials The strike Friday was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanon’s capital in months
September 20
People stand on top of a damaged car at the scene of a missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Lawyers say former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women

Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of alleged victims say that their clients are asserting that Mohamed Al Fayed — the former boss of Harrods — was a “monster” who raped and sexually abused young women throughout his time at the helm of the world-r...
September 20
One of Mr Al Fayed's accusers, Natacha (no surname given), who featured in 'Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods', looks on during a press conference to discuss their involvement in the investigation and the legal claim against Harrods for failing to provide a safe system of work for their employees, at Kent House in Knightsbridge, London, Friday Sept. 20, 2024. Multiple ex-Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian billionaire who owned the luxury department store for more than 25 years, of rape and sexual assault. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
September 20

Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the city

Authorities in Ukraine have advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city
September 20
A woman wearing a face mask walks down a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Sept. 20, 2024 on a day with poor air quality. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)
September 20

Iran’s top leader pardons prisoners, including people accused of anti-state crimes

Iran’s top leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including foreigners and people accused of anti-state crimes
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Scientists in South Africa say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies
September 20
FILE — People walk past a dead Cape fur seal on Melkbosstrand beach near Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht/File)
September 20

'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West, Central Africa

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across the region
September 20
Houses are partially submerged following a dam collapse in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, Sept 10, 2024. (AP Photos/ Musa Ajit Borno)
September 20

Separatist rebels say Indonesian army attacks threaten the safety of kidnapped New Zealand pilot

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage over a year ago could instead threaten his safety
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Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium
September 20
In this photograph provided by SEA LIFE Melbourne, Pesto, a huge king penguin chick who weighs as much as both his parents combined, mingles in his enclosure at Australia's Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, Sept. 3, 2024, and has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at the aquarium. (SEA LIFE Melbourne via AP)
September 20

Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive

Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent
September 20
FILE - The Erasmus Bridge towers over the river Maas in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 2007. (AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski, File)
September 20

Japan celebrates as Ohtani becomes the first major leaguer to reach 50-50 milestone

Shohei Ohtani's feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work
September 20
A pedestrian reads an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting on the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani becoming the first player in major league history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
September 20

EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

The European Union is ready to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations
September 20
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, left, holds a bouquet of flowers to place at a wall commemorating the fallen Ukrainian soldiers in the war with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)
September 20

Turkey wants to regulate Germany's beloved döner kebab street food

The döner kebab is beloved in Berlin
September 20
People are seen through the window of a doner kebab restaurant in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
September 20

Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies and the bloody aftermath are painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port
September 20
FILE - An Israeli reconnaissance drone flies over the funeral procession of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed Tuesday after their handheld devices exploded in the southern suburb of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
September 20

Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found
September 20
Yooree Kim, right, who was 11 when she was adopted from South Korea to a couple in France, hugs her biological mother, who had come to visit her in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found
September 20
Yooree Kim, who was 11 when she and her brother were sent by the Korean adoption agency Holt Children's Services to a couple in France, looks over childhood photos in her apartment in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
September 20

Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades
September 20
Coffee producer Joao Rodrigues Martins inspects his plantation consumed by wildfires in a rural area of Caconde, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
September 20

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Sept. 13-19, 2024 Demonstrators in Peru demanded more action from their government to combat fires in the Amazon. Mexicans celebrated Independence Day in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square. Youths attended a march for religious freedom Rio de Janeiro. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection was curated by AP photo editor Ramón Espinosa, based in Havana. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images
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Swedish singer Zara Larsson performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
September 20

The night when 43 students disappeared in Mexico: A timeline of key events

On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared
September 20
Photos of 43 students who have been missing for 10 years cover the stairs at their former Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero state, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
September 20

Protests ousted Sri Lanka's last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country
September 20
FILE - Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
September 20

It's been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers

The parents of 43 students of a radical teachers college who disappeared in Mexico are still searching for them 10 years later
September 20
A student walks on the campus of the Raúl Isidro Burgos Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero state, Mexico, late Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
September 19

Hezbollah's leader vows revenge against Israel for pager attack

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali reacts to Hezbollah's latest statements. Our panel discusses the Iranian election interference plot and the ceremony honoring NASA's "Hidden figures."
September 19
VIDEO: Hezbollah's leader vows revenge against Israel for pager attack
September 19

Israeli soldiers pushed 3 apparently lifeless bodies from roofs during a West Bank raid

An Associated Press journalist witnessed Israeli soldiers push three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank
September 19
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - An explosion is seen as three bodies lie motionless on rooftops in the West Bank town of Qabatiya during a raid, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 19

Israel launches strikes on Hezbollah in wake of device explosions

Thirty-two Hezbollah members were killed in device blasts, the group said.
September 19
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border, Sept. 19, 2024.
September 19

Hezbollah leader says last 2 days of attacks are a ‘declaration of war’

Israel launches new strikes at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon as the leader of the terror group responds saying these attacks are a start of war.
September 19
VIDEO: Hezbollah leader says last 2 days of attacks are a ‘declaration of war’